nope, SATA 5400 only

Guys,

I have an m17x R2 with CFX 4870m GPU cards. I'm itchy to upgrade to 6970m. Any advice from the masters here. I read around that there are a few version of 6970m cards and some behave differently in the R2 when plugged into it.

Any tips on what to look out for and what to do once I have it in my R2?

Thanks

how is the performance for

32 gb msata with 750gb 7200 rpm
vs the conventional 5400rpm and 7200rpm drives?

Hehe, finally received my m17x 3 days ago. bought from Mr Viper. very nice n helpful guy. He's even returned my money payment which i wrongly calculated on dell website .

i'm very nervous when Estimate Delivery Date in Dell website was 22 August. But when i called them on 13th, they quickly check my order n arrange the delivery on the same day. not bad service at all or maybe i'm just lucky. Now i can celebrate Raya with my beloved Alienware .

Next, intel 520 series . Any news about enduro performance? has it been fixed?

normally is 1 minute startup time...or less than that.. but cant reach 30 seconds startup as those are for ssd users

I want to ask all alienware owners....is there anybody using RAID 0 array for dual SSDs? How is the performance? Is TRIM be able to support under RAID array? I will be getting a m4 256GB mSATA soon, so i was thinking to configure as RAID 0 array with my 2.5" m4 256GB SSD.....just curious....if the performance gain is not much...i will stay with AHCI setting....please advise

i installed the Soluto to check my bootup time, 3 mins for full boot, lol
im thinking to get SSD to replace my optical drive.

Hmm ... my m14x R1 been bought almost 1 year already but I still in stock speed. Not sure how to overclock it.

Any guide to share? Thanks.

Overclocking for CPU or GPU....? CPU...you can do it via BIOS....GPU is rather simple...just download msiafterburner...interface is simple to use...tips for overclocking is try to do it bit by bit...until your system unstable...which mean you had push to its limit....even some of us are having the same spec...but it is vary when come to overclocking....some system can really go beyond its limit...but some cannot....try ur luck.. hope this helped...

This post has been edited by chowdm: Aug 17 2012, 01:33 PM

My bad

Can overclock both CPU and GPU at the same time?

But if I start overclock, do I need to use cooling things to cool it off all the time?

Right now playing SC2 with Ultra spec, the temp will reach 62 degree using Cooler Master U2.

u can overclocking both simultaneously....even RAM itself also can overclock.... all u need to monitor is the stability of your system as well as temperature of ur CPU and GPU if you decided to overclock both at the same time.....to me as long as the temp is below 70c....it is still save....

My opinion is to focus on GPU overclocking for the time being....bcoz CPU we can rely on TurboBoost to kick in when needed....gaming usually are more GPU incentive instead of CPU..... Just my 2 cents

Ok, thanks for the info

Can try on next week, hehe

interms of speed loading or any installing mSata SSD will always faster than any HDD.....

Just reformatted the machine, installed Win 7 Ultimate on the SSD and reinstalled a bunch of drivers. Now to set it up again with all the alienware defaults.

Tons to dload and update!

is there any third party performance heatsink/fan for alienware laptop especially m17, m18x..

Anyone know the features of FN+F2.........?

Isnt tis is for battery check

This post has been edited by dragorc: Aug 20 2012, 12:17 AM

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/glo...19&docid=542464

This post has been edited by refnulf: Aug 20 2012, 11:47 AM

I am thinking of getting m11x r3... do dell have the old stocks?

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This post has been edited by pelvin: Aug 23 2012, 10:45 AM